Four appointments in the South

Towergate has restructured its retail division in the south, replacing existing management with graduates from the Towergate Business School.

Joe Thelwell, 27, who has been appointed managing director of Towergate Risk Solutions in Poole, becomes the company’s youngest managing director.

Tony Gilpin will become managing director of Towergate Chapman Stevens, the company’s Surrey-based travel company advisory business.

Nick Hatch will head Towergate Risk Solutions, in north London, and Towergate GHBC, based in Hertfordshire.

Lee Davey replaces Nick Hatch as managing director in Taunton.

Paul Williams, Towergate’s regional managing director for the south, said: “This new team have been groomed to take on key roles within the business.”

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

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